Year 9 Overview: Science
Term
Fertile
Question
Term 1
What are all living things
made up from?
Skill
Key content
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Evaluating evidence and
theories (Proof)
What are Eukaryotes and
Prokaryotes
What is the difference
between animal and
plant cells?
What is cell specialisation
and differentiation?
How do you culture a
microorganism?
Can you describe cell
division?
How do things move in
and out of cells?
Can you explain the
human digestive and
circulatory system?
Can you explain plant
organs and organ
systems? (leaf and
transport)
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Term 2
Do all living things suffer
from disease?
Term 3
What is the periodic table
and what can it tell us?
Scientific ethics
Measurement and errors
What is a communicable
disease?
How do humans defend
against pathogens?
How are medicines and
vaccines developed?
Can you describe
monoclonal antibodies?
Can you describe
diseases in plants
NORMAL = All
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Can you describe a
simple model of an
atom?
Who was Bohr,
Rutherford and
Chadwick?
What is an atom made
up of and what do we
think it looks like?
Describe the periodic
table
Describe the different
groups on the periodic
table (Group 0,1 and 7)
What are the properties
of transition metals and
how do they compare to
Group 1?
Term 4
What is bonding and what
does it tell us about the
compounds we use?
Experimental method
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BOLD = Higher
Can you describe the
three types of chemical
bonds?
How does bonding relate
to the properties of a
substance?
Can you describe the
structure and bonding of
carbon?
Can you explain
nanoparticles?
What is meant by
conservation of mass?
Can you explain moles
and use them in
equations?
Can you describe Yield
and atom economy?
Can you calculate
concentration and
volumes of gases using
moles?
Term 5
What are forces and how can
they affect motion?
Term 6
What is energy and how is it
transferred?
Presenting and analysing data
Using formulae
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Can you describe force?
Using free body
diagrams ?
2. How do you know how
much work has been
done?
3. What happens when you
put a mass on a spring?
4. Can you describe
moments, levers and
gears?
5. Can you calculate
pressure in a fluid?
6. Can you explain what
things increase pressure
in a fluid?
7. Can you describe motion
in a straight line?
Including calculating
speed and acceleration?
8. What were Newtons laws
of motion?
9. How do forces affect a
car when braking?
10. Can you describe and
calculate momentum
when given the formula.
ITALICS and UNDERLINED = TRIPLE
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Can you describe, recall
and apply the formulae
for Kinetic energy and
potential energy.
Can you describe elastic
energy and use the
formula when given?
Can you describe Specific
Heat capacity?
Can you recall and use
the equation for work
done and Power?
Can you explain the
conservation of energy?
Including calculating
efficiency?
Can you describe the
main energy ersources
used? Including the
difference between
renewable and nonrenewable?